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MedicineNet is an American healthcare information website launched in 1996. The website provides a medical dictionary and information about diseases, conditions, medications and general health.[1][2][3] In partnership with Veritas Medicine, it connects site users with appropriate clinical trials.[4]
MedicineNet is a site from Information Network that provides a medical dictionary; databases on pharmaceuticals and their side effects, and diseases and treatments. In the "ask the experts," section you can query online physicians.
Personnel
Dr. William C. Shiel co-founded MedicineNet to provide the public with current, comprehensive medical information, written in easy-to-understand language. He was Chief Editor until July 2020 and authored or edited over 15,000 articles for the website.[5] He continues as Chief Medical Editor/Author on the site's medical editorial board.[6]
Dr. Melissa Stöppler also serves on the MedicineNet editorial board[6] and is the chief medical editor of eMedicineHealth.com, another WebMD subsidiary.[7]
Shiel was co-editor-in-chief of the first three editions of Webster's New World Medical Dictionary, with Stöppler joining as co-editor-in-chief for the edition.[8]
Privacy policy and certification
MedicineNet, as part of the WebMD Consumer Network, adheres to the same privacy policy as WebMD.com, and shares their participation in the TRUSTe Enterprise Privacy & Data Governance Practices Certification program.[9] MedicineNet was formerly certified by the now-defunct HONcode to be in compliance with the Health on the Net health website principles.[10]
Popularity
MedicineNet was ranked # 5 in the July 2017 eBizMBA Top 15 Most Popular Health Websites.[citation needed] In April 2018 the site was ranked # 8 in the Health – Health category.[11] As of April 2023,[update] the site was ranked # 90 in the Health – Other category.[12]
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Shiel, Jr., William C.; Stöppler, Melissa Conrad, eds. (2009). Webster's New World Medical Dictionary. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-37343-9.
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The health website respects the eight HONcode principles
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